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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Eddy

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Abbreviation of names beginning with Ed- like Edward and Edmond.

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Eddy

Pronunciation

e(d)-dy

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1956 (rank #487, 245 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1602, 106 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1946 (rank #2599, 14 births); most recent 2025 (rank #11932, 7 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251067
20241156
20231119
20221128
20211118
20201008
20191047
20181167
20171146
2016139–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #1029, 28 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1704, 15 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #5666, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202515–
202417–
202321–
2022283
202117–
202027–
201918–
201825–
201721–
201617–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1970 (rank #82, 949 births); most recent 2023 (rank #923, 41 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1949 (rank #1140, 4 births); most recent 1972 (rank #2079, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202341–
202249–
202149–
202034–
201952–
201847–
201767–
201667–
201569–
201457–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #704, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1959 (rank #270, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence